Holding Out Well In South Africa War Dispatches
London April 14 war dispatches report Gen Roberts stating Riverton–Wepener area is holding with the garrison at Wepener still resisting. troop movements to aid them continue and health is good. Daily Mail correspondent adds no cause for uneasiness and Boers appear to be in positions favorable to British aims.
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London
War Office
Roberts
The
Daily Mail
Lourenzo Marques
Natal
Free State
Washington state Democrat Anticipates National Influence
Aprileen Admairal Howes prepares a publication ready political statement while awaiting responses from grade participants. He identifies as a Jeffersonian Democrat and envisions shifting strategies at the Kansas City convention with hopes of unifying uninstructed New York delegates and aligning New Jersey and other states to secure support.
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Washington
Aprileen
Admairal Howes
New York
Tatle
Dewry
Eataweca
Mar Bryan
United States
Kansas City
New Jersey
Paris Exposition Glimpse Before President Visit
The UN president will inspect Paris Exposition from outside structures as workmen finish three view lines. Weather may affect tomorrow’s inauguration. scaffolding and debris cover paths while spectacular vistas from Trocadéro to the Champ de Mars, Alexandre III, and the Seine embankment promise a grand panorama.
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Paris
M. Loubet
Loubet
Champs de Mays
Chateiu Man
Kiten Tower
Secomd
Alexander Bridge
Lotel Des Tivalides
Napoleon I
Seine
Trocadero
Specials and incidents cross the nation in brief
Secretary Root asks Congress to create six brigadier generalships as rewards for officers. A Cheboygan special says the ice on the Straits of Mackinac is gone. Sliver Republicans consider renaming to Lincoln Republican Party. Maximoff assumes command in the Boer region after Villebois-Mareuil. Dr D Ki Foearsons of Chicago to give away 100,000 to colleges for his 80th birthday. Nellie Lewis awarded 80,000 damages for breach of promise against Milleuatre Sam Strong. Miss Helen Gould receives thousands of charitable requests, rising to 1,148,502 in a week. Porches are looted at 3725 Michigan Ave, Chicago, jewels worth 2,000. Ecuador contracts to establish schools after Biazca models. Porto Ricci tariff moves May 1, 1999. George W. Thull, Arizona mine owner, bailed at 10,000 in New York on perjury charge linked to Rhode Island divorce. J Wesley Churchill Bartlett, elocution professor at Andover, dies. Des Moines appoints receiver for Commercial Mutual Insurance. Georges Creek strike among 6,000 coal miners persists. Athens saltmill workers strike for ten-hour day and same pay as 12 hours. Steubenville reports a Park House shooting. killer subdued. Riverside plant blast at National Tube destroys boilers and buildings. 3,000 workers to be idle for ten days. Navy signs with Holland Submarine Torpedo Boat Company for midshipmen. price 110,000 plus 175 each for future purchases.
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Root
Congress
Cheboyren
Mich
Stratta
Mackinaw
Lincoln Republican Party
Maximoff
Villebois-Mareuil
D. Ki Foearsons
Chicago
Ecuador
Gage
George We. Thull
Arizona
New York
Rhode Island
J. Wesley Churchill] Bartlett
Andover Seminary
Andover
Mass
Des Moines
Mebkee
Commercial Mutual Insurance Company
George A. Jewett
Georges Creek
Athens
Wis
Athens Manufacturing Company
Steubenville
Wiliam Tromer
Park House
Horner
Tha Kiling
Turnace Department
Riverside
National Tube Company
Navy Department
Holland
Pornedo Raut Company
Navy
Itan
Losses and Movements as Boer and British Forces Clash
London April 13 A chaotic stream of dispatches describes indecisive fighting at Blandslaagte and Wepener with heavy British losses feared. Aliwal North reports four Boer guns disabled and several commanders killed or wounded after a night sortie. Roberts in London signals steady army use and cautious advance toward Pretoria while Buller and Methuen push flanks, with Boer numbers around 18,600 to 40,000 in Natal and uncertain brigade movements.
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London
Hlandslangte
Wepener
Doerr
Blandslaagte
Grabant
Aliwal
Miandstigte
Elandslangte
Datlen-Powell
Pretoria
Aliwal North
Hart
Itoberts
Lord Roberts
England
Lord Methuen
Daily Telegraph
Wepency
Smithfield
Change of Venue in Sutton Case Denied by Judge
Centra Lansing April 1 Circuit Judge Wiest denied a motion to change venue in the Col Eli R Sutton case an UM regent charged as an accessory in Marsh military frauds trial set for April 25. Other notes report light fruit crops killed in Wichita Kansas a quarter inch rain and pardons for army navy prisoners plus Legion of Honor list for French expositions officials led by Alfred Micard Grand Cross.
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Centra
Lansing
Mich
Wiest
Eli R. Sutton
University of Michigan
Marsh
Wichita
Kan
Wil Grant
M. Loubed
M. Alfred Micard
Sealing Fleet Returns From Ice Fields
Dring Many Seals St Johns Newfoundland April 14 The steamers Terra Nova with 37000 seals and Walrus with 12000 seals returned from the ice fields Friday Both ships are heavily laden Only three others the Nimrod Diana and Kite remain out and these will probably return next week.
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St. Johns
N. F
Diana
Kite
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Callatormy Farm
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